Automobile identification device



Nov. 6 1923.

M. IAFRATE AUTOMOBILE IDENTIFICATION DEVI-CE I Filed NOV. 24. 1922INVENTO Michele I a/f'r'a/ A TTORIVE Y8 lzed operation Patented Nov. 6,1923.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MICHELE IAFRATE, OF NEW YORK, N. AUTOMOBILE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE.

Application filed November 24, 1922. Serial No. 603,048.

To aZZwhom it may concem: t

Be it known that I, MICHELE IAFRATE, a citizen ofthe United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved AutomobileIdentification Device, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact descri tion.

T is invention relates to a device for identifying the operators andowners of automobiles, and has for an object the provision of a simple,economically manufactured device that can be readily applied to any carwhereby the proper owner or operator of the car can be readilyidentified, for the purpose of eliminating theft and the unauthorofautomobiles.

Another object resides in the particular construction and arrangement ofparts which'are hereinafter described and claimed and shown in theaccompanying drawings.

The invention is illustrated in the drawings, of which- Figure 1 is apartial with my device applied Fig. 2 is an plate of one form. v

Fig. 3 is asection taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a similar ent formation.

Fig. 5- is a section taken on the line 55 of Fig. 4.

The form of the invention shown in the drawings is a preferred form,although it is understood that modifications in the construction andarrangement of the parts and in the character of the materials used maybe adopted without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention as illustrated in the drawings, which is a preferred form,includes the application to an automobile, preferably in someconspicuous part observable to ersons interested in the elimination of teft of automobiles and unauthorized use thereof,

side view of a car thereto.

plate of slightly difi'erelevation of an identification 1 and heldthereagainst by being confined' within a frame 3 attached to the plate 1by any suitable means, such as rivets 4.

On the other hand, as in the form shown in Fig. 4, the photograph may beimpressed or otherwise formed directly on the surface of the metal ofthe plate 1. This im ression may be made by any suitable or wel knownprocess, the p ate in this case containing mounted a photograph 2 ofsimilar information to that shown on the other plate.

With such a device attachedto a car, it will be impossible for any onedrivin a car without authorization or in an illegal manner to escapedetection, because an instantaneous comparison can be made between thephotograph on the. plate and the person driving the car, and if hey arenot the same the person so driving will have to give an account ofhimself satisfactorily to the authorities.

The particular disposition of the plate on the car is of noespecialimportance except that it should be placed in a position whereit can be readily with the driver.

at I claim is An automobile identification device, which includes aplate disposed flat against the surface of a car, a portion of saidplate containing information as to the identity of the driver, aphotograph frame detachably secured on the face of another portion ofsaid in said frame.

mcHELE IAFRATE.

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